living the muslim life

Question 1

what are the 10 obligatory acts

Answer 1

• sawn
• zakkah
• hajj
• tawalla
• amr bil ma’roof
• jihad
• nahi anil munkar
• salah
• khums
• tabarra

Question 2

quote for 10 obligatory acts

Answer 2

• the believer, both men and women, support eahc other; they order what is right and forbid what is wrong”

Question 3

What is salah

Answer 3

• physical, spiritual and mental act of worship following prescribed wordsand actions
• offered at fix times during the day
• perfomed today in the same way it was perfomed by the prophet muhammad
• salah aims to purify the mind and soul and helps muslims to develop a closeness to Allah

Question 4

quote for salah

Answer 4

• “keep up the prayer: prayer restrains outrageous and unacceptable behaviour”

Question 5

what are the features of salah

Answer 5

• wudu (ablution) –> muslims must be clean before prayer
• timings –> 5 daily prayers
• direction –> face makkah where thr kaabah is located
• movement
• recitations –> words recited during salah are taken mainly from quran and hadith

Question 6

what is zakkah

Answer 6

sharing your wealth with the poor

• 2.5% of value of savings or wealth
• ways for muslim to become purfiied from greed and closer to Allah

Question 7

what is khums?

Answer 7

shai muslims believe in khums which mwans to give 20% of their wealth. they give this to their leader who spends it on charitable causes

1. for the poor
2. orphans
3. schools
4. mosque and religious scholars

Question 8

what is the benefits of receiving zakkah and khums

Answer 8

1. improve the quality of lige who are less fortunate
2. provides better access to basic needs such as food and educstion

Question 9

What are the 4 types of celebration and who are they celebrated by?

Answer 9

1. eid ul adha - sunnis and shia
2. eid ul fitr - sinnis and shia
3. eid ul ghadeer - shia
4. ashura - shia

Question 10

1. why is eid ul adha important and what happens?
2. why is eid ul fitr important and what happens?

Answer 10

1. story of ibrhaim and ismail, on eid u sacrifice animals in memory. meat shared with poor and new clothes are worn. eid mubarak must be sad and faqmilies go mosque for special prayer
2. clebrates the end of raamdhan and mulsims wear clothes and say eid mubarak. gifts exchnaged. money given to poor so not forgotten. families go mosqwuer for speical rpayer

Question 11

1. what is eid ul ghadeer?
2. what is ashura?

Answer 11

1. when prophet muahmmad appointed ali as his sucessor. fasting is encouraged on this day and gatherings held in mosque where poetry is recited and scholars give speech
2. ashura is were muhammadf grandson was martyred along with his family. reminder for muslims to oppose injustice and shai muslims remain loyal to their imams. Shia muslims wear black for moirning and some hit themslef to express grief.
3. many sunnis observe a 2 day fast in memory og musas survivial as reccommeneded by prophet muhamamad

Question 12

quote for celebattion

Answer 12

“Today i have perfected your religion for you, completed my blessiung upon you”